Informative Essay On Prosthetics
The advancement of prosthetics is what I picked for the technology project we are doing for Info Comm & Tech. Why I chose this is because most people don't know what they are or if they know what the are they don't know the history of it. I personally think it is something everyone should know about because say you went to battle then you could possibly get hurt and get your leg blown off. How are you supposed to walk ever again if you don't have a leg? Well prosthetics mostly prevent that. That is a thing in this society we should have I thing because it can help people get back to feeling normal again. Tell me can you feel normal when you can’t walk. No people especially athletes, they have to be active if the want to stay an athlete.
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“Thet” means a branch of medicine that has to do with artificial body part which is a prosthetic.That is where “thet” comes from in prosthetics.Prosthetic is also known as prostheses. It is the same word but that is what tradesmen started calling they when prosthetics were first made.Prosthesis is the same thing as a prosthetic but it mostly references body parts like a heart, though a prosthetic references anything that is artificially put in for a body part.Some prosthetic limbs perform the function of an affective body part but do not replace the the part itself. For an example a Pacemaker because it helps regulate the heart.
History of Prosthetics
The first prosthetic was found in Capra, Italy in 424 B.C. to 1 B.C. It was a artificial toe found on a Egyptian mummy that seemed to of had a function.It was made of bronze and iron with a wooden core. In 1000-1300 it was common to see tradesmen making prosthetic limbs which were either made like a hook or made as a peg leg.They only made them for people who wanted to hide deformities and injuries from war, which back then it was more from war then deformities.In
What …show more content…
“Thet” means a branch of medicine that has to do with artificial body part which is a prosthetic.That is where “thet” comes from in prosthetics.Prosthetic is also known as prostheses. It is the same word but that is what tradesmen started calling they when prosthetics were first made.Prosthesis is the same thing as a prosthetic but it mostly references body parts like a heart, though a prosthetic references anything that is artificially put in for a body part.Some prosthetic limbs perform the function of an affective body part but do not replace the the part itself. For an example a Pacemaker because it helps regulate the heart.
History of Prosthetics
The first prosthetic was found in Capra, Italy in 424 B.C. to 1 B.C. It was a artificial toe found on a Egyptian mummy that seemed to of had a function.It was made of bronze and iron with a wooden core. In 1000-1300 it was common to see tradesmen making prosthetic limbs which were either made like a hook or made as a peg leg.They only made them for people who wanted to hide deformities and injuries from war, which back then it was more from war then deformities.In